The printer didn’t have any formal procedures for paid vacations, so we bought 100% of the factory’s capacity and paid them to produce nothing for a week, giving the people who make Cards Against Humanity an unexpected chance to visit family or do whatever they pleased.

This doesn’t undo the ways that all of us profit from unfair working conditions around the world, but it’s a step in the right direction.

Many of the workers used their week off to travel. Some went fishing. Most used the opportunity to spend time with their families, time that their busy schedules wouldn’t usually allow for. One mother used the time off to hire a tutor for her daughter.